Time

[Verse 1]

The smart money's on Harlow

And the moon is in the street

And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws

You're east of East St. Louis

And the wind is making speeches

And the rain sounds like a round of applause

[Verse 2]

And napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon

His invisible fiance's in the mirror

The band is going home

It's raining hammers, it's raining nails

It's true, there's nothing left for him down here

[Chorus]

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time that you love

And it's time, time, time

[Verse 3]

Well, they all pretend they're orphans

And their memory's like a train

You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away

And the things you can't rememeber

Tell the things you can't forget

That history puts a saint in every dream

[Verse 4]

Well, she said she'd stick around

Until the bandages came off

But these mama boys

Just don't know when to quit

Matilda asks the sailors

"Are those dreams, or are those prayers?"

So just close your eyes, son

This won't hurt a bit

[Chorus]

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time that you love

And it's time, time, time

[Verse 5]

Well, things are pretty lousy

For a calendar girl

The boys just dive right off the cars

And splash into the street

And when they're on a roll

She pulls a razor from her boot

And a thousand pigeons

Fall around her feet

[Verse 6]

So put a candle in the window

And a kiss upon his lips

As the dish outside the window

Fills with rain

Just like a stranger

With the weeds in your heart

And pay the fiddler off

Till i come back again

[Chorus]

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time that you love

And it's time, time, time

[Chorus]

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time

And it's time, time, time that you love

And it's time, time, time